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LICENCE TRADEMARK [5 records]

Record 1 2005-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

What does it mean to "license" a trademark or service mark? ... There are times when a trademark or service mark registrant may wish to allow another person to use his or her mark for certain purposes. This is accomplished by the registrant granting the third party a "license" to use the mark. If all of the registrant’s rights in the mark are transferred to the third party, the license is known as an "assignment" of the mark.

CONT

An agreement between a licensor and a single licensee to license a trademark, trade name, service mark, advertising or other commercial symbol where such license is the only one of its general nature and type to be granted by the licensor with respect to the trademark, service mark, advertising, or other commercial symbol.

OBS

The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

[...] le refus par une entreprise dominante de concéder une licence de marque ne suffit pas à lui seul de démontrer une «fraction à l'article 82 du Traité de la CE [Communauté Européenne].

OBS

Le terme général «marque» est souvent utilisé dans les textes comme forme abrégée de «marque de commerce».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Marcas de comercio (Derecho)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Derecho de propiedad industrial e intelectual
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Record 2 2004-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Commercial Law
  • Trade
CONT

Owner of trademark or pending application may grant license to use trademark, which license must be registered to be effective vis-a-vis third parties.

CONT

The department may issue a license to use a mark owned by IDED to any applicant who meets the eligibility requirements established by these rules.

OBS

The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark."

OBS

... Trademarks that describe the ingredients, qualities, features, purpose or characteristics of a product or service. These marks are not inherently distinctive, and thus do not receive trademark protection unless they acquire distinctiveness through secondary meaning.

Key term(s)
  • licence to use trade mark
  • license to use trade-mark
  • license to use trade mark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce
CONT

[...] si une licence d'emploi d'une marque de commerce est octroyée, pour un pays, à une entité par le propriétaire de la marque, ou avec son autorisation, et que celui-ci, aux termes de la licence, contrôle [...] la qualité des marchandises et services [...]

Key term(s)
  • licence d'emploi d'une marque
  • licence d'usage d'une marque

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Under a trademark license contract the proprietor of trademark protection licenses the right to use a trademark and the user (licensee) is required to pay royalties.

CONT

Once a trademark license contract is signed, the licensee should, within 3 months from the conclusion of the contract, record same at the Trademark Office.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

L'association AFAQ oppose que le contrat de licence de marque n'a pas été publié auprès de l'INPI [Institut National de Propriété Industrielle], que la société TEMESIS n'apparait nullement sur le site Internet comme «registrant» et que ces transferts, lui sont donc opposables.

Key term(s)
  • contrat de licence de marque

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

A trademark license is an agreement between a trademark owner (the "licensor") and another person (the "licensee") in which the licensor permits the licensee to use a trademark in commerce. Usually, a trademark license is expressed in a written contract specifying the scope of the license.

Key term(s)
  • trade-mark licence
  • trade mark licence
  • trade mark license
  • trade-mark license

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

L'utilisation de ces marques de commerce par la Section Montréal est régie par la convention de licence d'utilisation de marques de commerce intervenue entre la Section Montréal et la corporation et dont les modalités sont intégrées dans les présents règlements.

Key term(s)
  • licence d'emploi de marques
  • licence d'emploi de marques de commerce

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Official Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Documents officiels

Spanish

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